Swimming Worms for More Bass

The Texas rigged plastic worm has likely caught as many bass as any other bass bait on the market. 

Rigged with a bullet-shaped weight, the T-rigged worm can be worked by, through and over just about any type of bass-holding cover especially vegetation.

Though most bass anglers hop, drag or pull T-rigged worms through cover there is one presentation many don't use... the swimming worm!

Take a few minutes and watch as bass pro Shaw Grigsby explain why he loves fishing swimming worms for bass all across the country...

Bassin' During the Bluegill Spawn

As the bass are winding down their time on the spawning beds, bluegill and other sunfish are just starting theirs.

That's great news for bass recuperating since bedding 'gills mean an easy meal and energy source!

Knowing the right baits and presentations to coax bluegill-focused bass into chomping your bait will put more and bigger bass in your boat during this part of the season.

Watch and see what I mean:

Buzz Craw Rigging Tweaks

Soft plastic baits like the Mister Twister Buzz Bug or Zoom Speed Craw are most commonly used as part of a Texas rig, on an open hook jighead or as a jig trailer.

Over the last few years however I've developed a few rigging tweaks to present the bait it three different ways giving bass a look they haven't seen before as I describe in the video below!

Using Swimbaits to Catch Springtime Smallmouth Bass

In many northern lakes, smallmouth bass leave the deep water wintering holes and head up onto the rocky flats in search of food and spawning areas each spring. 

Before they start the annual spawning ritual, smallies with roam the flats searching for minnows and crawfish to chomp on in preparation for the spawn...

Using a subtle paddletail swimbait as a finesse type presentation that allows us to cover water efficiently can be one of the more productive methods for catching springtime smallmouths as bass pro Bill McDonald demos in the following video...

Using Lightly Weighted Tubes for Super Shallow Bass

Springtime bass spend most of the late prespawn period up in the shallows searching for food after a winter of much lower levels of feeding activity as they prep for the spawn.

When found in shallow, dark-bottom bays, many anglers use bright-colored, Texas rigged soft jerkbaits or stickbaits that mimic the bait they're chasing to entice aggressive fish from cover.

Did you realize a lightly weighted 4"+ tube can be an excellent substitute the bass probably haven't when up on a shallow water feed?

Take a moment and see what the guys from W2F say about fishing slightly weighted tubes for super shallow bass...